Voltage Pictures is financing and producing the black comedy “Killer Joe” with Matthew McConaughey and Emile Hirsch starring and William Friedkin directing. “Killer Joe” has been adapted by Tracy Letts from his play, and is being produced by Scott Einbinder of ANA Media and Voltage’s Nicolas Chartier. Story centers on a drug dealer, portrayed by Hirsch, who has his stash stolen by his mother and faces death if he doesn’t come up with $6,000. He turns to “Killer Joe,” played by McConaughey, when he finds out that his mother’s life insurance policy is worth $50,000.
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